Suspect In Cosby Slaying Admits Drug Possession

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March 19, 1997

LOS ALAMITOS, CALIF. — The teenager charged with killing Bill Cosby's son pleaded guilty to marijuana possession just hours before his arrest in the murder, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. Mikail Markhasev, 18, pleaded guilty to drug possession charges Wednesday and paid a $50 fine in Orange County, where he had lived for six years. A few hours later, he was arrested at his home in North Hollywood, in Los Angeles County. On Friday, he was charged with murder in the Jan. 16 slaying of Ennis Cosby.